If you think Saskatchewan's health system is top heavy in administration, take a look at the Canadian military, dear diary.
Information received not too long ago indicated that there were between 5,000 and 6,000 upper ranked military officers taking up space in our various bases in Canada and abroad. That seems rather excessive to me since we only have 58,000 active troops for them to command. In other words, one officer for every 10 soldiers.
Now that we're winding down operations in Afghanistan, I say we cull some of the middle to upper administration deadwood and put the money into something useful like those sinking submarines or $65 million fighter jets or maybe a new rifle and a box of ammunition.
A farm couple in Ontario is launching a lawsuit against Ontario Hydro. They have facts and figures to support their claim that the 113 windmills located near their land are causing some major noise pollution. Apparently they won the first round in the courts, but as you would expect, the government, using taxpayer money, will launch an appeal and then will appeal again if they lose and will take it to the Supreme Court if necessary, where they will probably win and the Ontario farm couple will be broke. The message that will be delivered is that you don't take on the big boys. Further evidence of that ... oh let's see ... maybe those major American banks that kinda cheated and failed, but got bailed out ... twice.
All right, third rant for the day. I'm tired of that Scotiabank commercial. Really, really, really tired of it.
Anyone who watches television for more than a half hour will be subjected to it I'm sure. You know the one I'm talking about. The stupid couple is sitting in front of a bank employee. They count out the money they think they have to give to the bank, but they don't have to pay. So then they think they're getting new money somehow but they're not really then they drop a twenty on the carpet on the way out, and somehow believe that it's even more money. Talk about dense!
Hey, it was sorta cute the first 400 times, but c'mon Scotiabank, you guys made 48 gazillion dollars last year. Build yourself a new commercial. Or better yet, buy an advertisement in some community newspapers and keep the message fresh for half the price. All I can say, this commercial is now just as annoying as that goatee guy in the Canadian Tire commercial a few years ago. How can we forget him! I still have nightmares.
Another thing ... are there any Hollywood celebrities left out there who aren't gays or lesbians? Just wondering. We seem to be getting about six outings per week lately.
This week I close with a few home-grown paraprosdokians compliments of John Andrist of the Crosby Journal who probably borrowed them himself from other sources.
Paraprosdokians, it is explained, is a figure of speech with a humourous twist on the end.
Some of these made me smile:
Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. (I believe this one is appropriate during political campaigns, don't you?)
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you, then we'd both be wrong.
There are more of these smile catchers. I think I'll save them for next week, and see if I can get you to come back to this corner at least one more time.
Have a good day my friends ... or actually, you can have any old kind of day you want. Who am I to dictate the kind of day you should experience. That would be a bit arrogant of me, wouldn't it?
OK, have a mediocre day, folks, unless it's really good or really bad, then you're on your own.
